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Showing posts with label weird looks. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Athena - Argentina - Oopsies! Language & Cultural Misunderstandings

This is my third day in Argentina so I’ve been here long enough to make several mistakes and get strange looks from the locals. Yeah, it’s been fun. Thought you might get a good laugh over some of my experiences here so far:
·         I go to a cafĂ© and start to order at the counter. The lady looks at me weird and I’m thinking “Ok, this is simple Spanish, I’m sure I didn’t screw it up”. That’s when she tells me that here you don’t order your food & then grab a table, first you sit down at a table and a waiter comes to you and takes your order.  Oops. They definitely have better service in coffee shops here in Argentina.  Who knew?